file photo by Boyd Loving
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, from Jeremy P. Kleiman OEM Coordinator and Keith Kazmark Village Manager ,”in light of recent storm events that caused flooding to areas of the Village near the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook and Saddle River, we want to again share critical sources of information which provide awareness to the extent of potential flooding. In addition to monitoring local weather reports for current weather conditions, we encourage all residents to sign up for the Village’s Emergency Alert Notifications through Ridgewood’s Everbridge account. The link can be found on the Village website by clicking on the red banner at the top of the homepage. In addition, you may access the registration page at the links below:
https://member.everbridge.net/306355722256657/login
The Emergency Alert System allows the Village Office of Emergency Management, the Ridgewood Police Department, the Ridgewood Fire Department and Ridgewood Water to communicate emergency information to residents through Reverse 911 telephone calls, emails and text messages.
We also encourage residents to maintain situational awareness of potential flooding in their area by subscribing to WaterAlerts, a free mobile and desktop service of the U.S. Geological Survey, which allows you to chose local rivers and streams, set thresholds, and receive instant alerts when water levels are nearing flood stage. The link is here:
https://accounts.waterdata.usgs.gov/wateralert/
Another good resource is the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service of the National Weather Service, which allows real-time monitoring of river flows:
https://water.weather.gov/ahps/region.php?rfc=nerfc ”
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You know what we’ve been experiencing 100 year flood a lot more often in the past 20 years than ever before. Who exactly knows why. But you would think people that live near the water and low lying areas that are known to flood, would take some kind of precaution, meaning don’t stack anything along the brook at the edge of your property it’s amazing you go up and down the brook and you see people storing there. It would yard waste right at the edge of their property & the brook. And the basements are full of garbage right to the top to the ceiling and it’s amazing how many peoples garage to load up with shit that they can’t even close the door people have shit in their garage basement attic’s that most of it is garbage they don’t even know what the hell they have. Clean up.
I don’t need a weatherman to tell me which way the wind is blowing.
People clean up your house. Especially. Your basement.
And buy a shutoff valve to keep the water from the streets out of your basement.
We love the photo of the flooding at village hall.
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